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On Liberty

av John Stuart Mill • 1859

Majority opinion has no jurisdiction over your private life. The only limit is harm to others.

3.96

43 000+

🗽 Classical Liberalism 🗣️ Free Speech ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🐑 Social Conformity 🧑 Personal Autonomy

On Liberty

Majority opinion has no jurisdiction over your private life. The only limit is harm to others.

av John Stuart Mill 1859 187 sidor

3.96

43 000+ betyg

🗽 Classical Liberalism 🗣️ Free Speech ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🐑 Social Conformity 🧑 Personal Autonomy

Blommor åt Algernon

av Daniel Keyes • 1966

An experimental surgery makes a man a genius, but the mouse who went first is regressing.

4.24

800 000+

📝 Epistolary Narrative 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🧠 Mental Decline 💡 Superintelligence 💔 Bittersweet

Blommor åt Algernon

An experimental surgery makes a man a genius, but the mouse who went first is regressing.

av Daniel Keyes 1966 311 sidor

4.24

800 000+ betyg

📝 Epistolary Narrative 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🧠 Mental Decline 💡 Superintelligence 💔 Bittersweet

The Philosophy of Redemption

av Philipp Mainländer • 1876

Schopenhauer stopped halfway. The will to live isn't denied. It's exhausted until nothing remains.

4.19

295

⚫ Philosophical Pessimism 🏛️ German Idealism 🔥 Metaphysics Of The Will 🌌 Atheistic Spirituality 📜 Salvation Doctrine

The Philosophy of Redemption

Schopenhauer stopped halfway. The will to live isn't denied. It's exhausted until nothing remains.

av Philipp Mainländer 1876 312 sidor

4.19

295 betyg

⚫ Philosophical Pessimism 🏛️ German Idealism 🔥 Metaphysics Of The Will 🌌 Atheistic Spirituality 📜 Salvation Doctrine

As a Man Thinketh

av James Allen • 1902

Health, character, and circumstance are thought-made. A century-old manual for becoming the builder.

4.24

97 000+

🪴 New Thought Movement 🏛️ Self-Help Classics 🧠 Thought Mastery 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🕊️ Inner Peace

As a Man Thinketh

Health, character, and circumstance are thought-made. A century-old manual for becoming the builder.

av James Allen 1902 26 sidor

4.24

97 000+ betyg

🪴 New Thought Movement 🏛️ Self-Help Classics 🧠 Thought Mastery 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🕊️ Inner Peace

City of God

av Augustine of Hippo

Two loves build two invisible cities. The whole of human history is the war between them.

3.95

13 000+

✝️ Early Christianity 🏛️ Late Antiquity 👑 Political Theology 😈 Problem Of Evil 🙏 Divine Providence

City of God

Two loves build two invisible cities. The whole of human history is the war between them.

av Augustine of Hippo 1186 sidor

3.95

13 000+ betyg

✝️ Early Christianity 🏛️ Late Antiquity 👑 Political Theology 😈 Problem Of Evil 🙏 Divine Providence

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

av Sam Greenlee • 1969

A black CIA recruit secretly trains a Chicago street gang to fight a guerrilla war.

4.34

3 000+

🔥 Guerrilla Resistance 🎭 Double Life 💔 Friends To Enemies ✊🏿 Black Liberation 📜 Civil Rights Era

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

A black CIA recruit secretly trains a Chicago street gang to fight a guerrilla war.

av Sam Greenlee 1969 256 sidor

4.34

3 000+ betyg

🔥 Guerrilla Resistance 🎭 Double Life 💔 Friends To Enemies ✊🏿 Black Liberation 📜 Civil Rights Era

Äcklet

av Jean-Paul Sartre • 1938

A historian's diary becomes a record of his unraveling as ordinary objects turn hostile and unreal.

3.93

100 000+

🖤 Existentialist Novel 📚 Philosophical Fiction 😶 Alienated Protagonist 📖 Diary Format 😵 Confronting Absurdity

Äcklet

A historian's diary becomes a record of his unraveling as ordinary objects turn hostile and unreal.

av Jean-Paul Sartre 1938 178 sidor

3.93

100 000+ betyg

🖤 Existentialist Novel 📚 Philosophical Fiction 😶 Alienated Protagonist 📖 Diary Format 😵 Confronting Absurdity

Computing machinery and intelligence

av Alan M. Turing • 1950

Fool the interrogator through conversation alone, and the machine deserves to be called intelligent.

4.15

500+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🤖 Machine Cognition 📜 Foundational Texts 🔢 Computability 💻 Early Computing

Computing machinery and intelligence

Fool the interrogator through conversation alone, and the machine deserves to be called intelligent.

av Alan M. Turing 1950 24 sidor

4.15

500+ betyg

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🤖 Machine Cognition 📜 Foundational Texts 🔢 Computability 💻 Early Computing

Emma

av Jane Austen • 1815

She has money and charm, but the one heart she cannot match is her own.

4.05

900 000+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 👑 Regency Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💛 Friends To Lovers 💬 Witty Banter

Immersiv

Emma

She has money and charm, but the one heart she cannot match is her own.

av Jane Austen 1815 474 sidor

4.05

900 000+ betyg

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 👑 Regency Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💛 Friends To Lovers 💬 Witty Banter

Dorian Grays porträtt

av Oscar Wilde • 1890

A vain wish grants him eternal youth; a hidden portrait rots with every sin.

4.14

1 000 000+

😈 Faustian Bargain 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Double Life 🐍 Corrupting Influence 🥀 Decadent Horror

Immersiv

Dorian Grays porträtt

A vain wish grants him eternal youth; a hidden portrait rots with every sin.

av Oscar Wilde 1890 272 sidor

4.14

1 000 000+ betyg

😈 Faustian Bargain 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Double Life 🐍 Corrupting Influence 🥀 Decadent Horror

Öster om Eden

av John Steinbeck • 1952

Early 1900s California: a farmer's twin sons inherit a mother's malice and a father's fragile hope.

4.44

600 000+

🏠 Multigenerational Saga ✝️ Biblical Allegory 🏜️ American West ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 💋 Femme Fatale

Öster om Eden

Early 1900s California: a farmer's twin sons inherit a mother's malice and a father's fragile hope.

av John Steinbeck 1952 601 sidor

4.44

600 000+ betyg

🏠 Multigenerational Saga ✝️ Biblical Allegory 🏜️ American West ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 💋 Femme Fatale

Profeten

av Kahlil Gibran • 1923

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

4.23

300 000+

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature 🧙 Sage And Seeker 🔮 Parting Wisdom

Profeten

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

av Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 sidor

4.23

300 000+ betyg

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature 🧙 Sage And Seeker 🔮 Parting Wisdom

Tartuffe

av Molière • 2002

A man hands his home to a sham saint; his wife makes him hide and listen.

3.66

44 000+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🤡 Satirical Farce ⛪ Religious Hypocrisy 🃏 Trickster Exposed 👑 17th Century France

Tartuffe

A man hands his home to a sham saint; his wife makes him hide and listen.

av Molière 2002 180 sidor

3.66

44 000+ betyg

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🤡 Satirical Farce ⛪ Religious Hypocrisy 🃏 Trickster Exposed 👑 17th Century France

Slaughterhouse-Five

av Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1969

Billy Pilgrim drifts through time: the Dresden firebombing, an alien zoo, and his own murder.

4.10

1 000 000+

🪖 Anti-War Novel 🔄 Nonlinear Narrative 🎭 Postmodern Fiction 🖤 Darkly Comic 💔 War Trauma

Slaughterhouse-Five

Billy Pilgrim drifts through time: the Dresden firebombing, an alien zoo, and his own murder.

av Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 sidor

4.10

1 000 000+ betyg

🪖 Anti-War Novel 🔄 Nonlinear Narrative 🎭 Postmodern Fiction 🖤 Darkly Comic 💔 War Trauma

Samhällets olycksbarn

av Victor Hugo • 1862

An ex-convict breaks parole to rebuild his life, but an obsessive inspector gives him no peace.

4.21

800 000+

🕊️ Redemption Arc 📖 Epic Historical Saga 🔍 Relentless Pursuer 🎭 Disguised Identity 💕 Found Family

Samhällets olycksbarn

An ex-convict breaks parole to rebuild his life, but an obsessive inspector gives him no peace.

av Victor Hugo 1862 1463 sidor

4.21

800 000+ betyg

🕊️ Redemption Arc 📖 Epic Historical Saga 🔍 Relentless Pursuer 🎭 Disguised Identity 💕 Found Family

Animal Farm / 1984

av George Orwell • 2003

Pigs turn rebellion into dictatorship. A man's secret love becomes the crime that erases him.

4.30

200 000+

🏛️ Political Allegory 🚫 Totalitarian Dystopia 🐖 Corrupted Revolution 👁️ Surveillance State 📢 Propaganda And Control

Animal Farm / 1984

Pigs turn rebellion into dictatorship. A man's secret love becomes the crime that erases him.

av George Orwell 2003 400 sidor

4.30

200 000+ betyg

🏛️ Political Allegory 🚫 Totalitarian Dystopia 🐖 Corrupted Revolution 👁️ Surveillance State 📢 Propaganda And Control

Metaphysics

av Aristotle

What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.

4.07

18 000+

🌌 Metaphysics 🧱 Ontology 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🇬🇷 Greek Philosophy ⛓️ Causality

Metaphysics

What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.

av Aristotle 365 sidor

4.07

18 000+ betyg

🌌 Metaphysics 🧱 Ontology 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🇬🇷 Greek Philosophy ⛓️ Causality

Det de bar på

av Tim O'Brien • 1990

A Vietnam veteran retells his platoon's stories, bending truth to keep the dead alive.

4.15

300 000+

📚 Metafiction 💔 Survivor's Guilt 💀 Gallows Humor 🤝 Comrades In Arms 💌 Unrequited Love

Det de bar på

A Vietnam veteran retells his platoon's stories, bending truth to keep the dead alive.

av Tim O'Brien 1990 246 sidor

4.15

300 000+ betyg

📚 Metafiction 💔 Survivor's Guilt 💀 Gallows Humor 🤝 Comrades In Arms 💌 Unrequited Love

Zeno's Conscience

av Italo Svevo • 1923

At his analyst's bidding, Zeno records a life of quitting smoking, one cigarette at a time.

3.77

33 000+

🏛️ Modernist Novel 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😰 Neurotic Protagonist 💔 Marital Infidelity 🪞 Ironic Voice

Zeno's Conscience

At his analyst's bidding, Zeno records a life of quitting smoking, one cigarette at a time.

av Italo Svevo 1923 437 sidor

3.77

33 000+ betyg

🏛️ Modernist Novel 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😰 Neurotic Protagonist 💔 Marital Infidelity 🪞 Ironic Voice

Socratic Logic

av Peter Kreeft • 2003

Reason with precision, argue with force, and catch every fallacy: a classical logic course.

4.31

468

🧠 Critical Thinking 🏛️ Classical Education 💬 Argumentation 🚫 Logical Fallacies ❓ Socratic Method

Socratic Logic

Reason with precision, argue with force, and catch every fallacy: a classical logic course.

av Peter Kreeft 2003 397 sidor

4.31

468 betyg

🧠 Critical Thinking 🏛️ Classical Education 💬 Argumentation 🚫 Logical Fallacies ❓ Socratic Method

Idioten

av Fjodor Dostojevskij • 1869

A guileless prince returns from a Swiss sanatorium into a Russia of love, obsession, and ruin.

4.21

200 000+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🕊️ Holy Fool 💔 Doomed Love 🔥 Obsessive Passion 🫀 Psychological Depth

Idioten

A guileless prince returns from a Swiss sanatorium into a Russia of love, obsession, and ruin.

av Fjodor Dostojevskij 1869 667 sidor

4.21

200 000+ betyg

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🕊️ Holy Fool 💔 Doomed Love 🔥 Obsessive Passion 🫀 Psychological Depth

Philosophy As a Way of Life

av Pierre Hadot • 1981

Ancient philosophy trained the self like a muscle. Modernity forgot the exercises.

4.31

1 000+

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🏹 Stoicism 🍃 Epicureanism 🧘 Contemplative Practices 🔍 Self-Examination

Philosophy As a Way of Life

Ancient philosophy trained the self like a muscle. Modernity forgot the exercises.

av Pierre Hadot 1981 309 sidor

4.31

1 000+ betyg

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🏹 Stoicism 🍃 Epicureanism 🧘 Contemplative Practices 🔍 Self-Examination

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

av Maya Angelou • 1969

After an assault at eight, she went mute for five years. Then books taught her to speak.

4.30

500 000+

📖 Literary Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🎤 Finding Your Voice

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

After an assault at eight, she went mute for five years. Then books taught her to speak.

av Maya Angelou 1969 289 sidor

4.30

500 000+ betyg

📖 Literary Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🎤 Finding Your Voice

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

av Christopher Sergel • 1995

In 1930s Alabama, Scout's father defends a Black man, forcing her to see her town's hidden face.

4.51

24 000+

🏘️ Small Town South ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator 🕊️ Unjustly Accused 🌱 Coming Of Age Classic

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

In 1930s Alabama, Scout's father defends a Black man, forcing her to see her town's hidden face.

av Christopher Sergel 1995 128 sidor

4.51

24 000+ betyg

🏘️ Small Town South ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator 🕊️ Unjustly Accused 🌱 Coming Of Age Classic

The Art of Rhetoric

av Aristotle

Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.

3.87

6 000+

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Greek Philosophy 🎙️ Modes Of Persuasion ❤️ Emotional Appeals 🧠 Logical Argument

The Art of Rhetoric

Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.

av Aristotle 292 sidor

3.87

6 000+ betyg

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Greek Philosophy 🎙️ Modes Of Persuasion ❤️ Emotional Appeals 🧠 Logical Argument

The Black Cat

av Edgar Allan Poe • 2004

After he hangs his cat, a lookalike with a noose-shaped mark follows him home.

4.03

59 000+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🐈‍⬛ Animal Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror

The Black Cat

After he hangs his cat, a lookalike with a noose-shaped mark follows him home.

av Edgar Allan Poe 2004 24 sidor

4.03

59 000+ betyg

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🐈‍⬛ Animal Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror

Du sköna nya värld

av Aldous Huxley • 1932

Factory-made humans, a pleasure drug, and one man who wants something real.

3.98

2 000 000+

🧬 Engineered Humanity 🏷️ Caste Society 🧠 Conditioned Society 💊 Pleasure As Control 😏 Satirical Dystopia

Du sköna nya värld

Factory-made humans, a pleasure drug, and one man who wants something real.

av Aldous Huxley 1932 288 sidor

3.98

2 000 000+ betyg

🧬 Engineered Humanity 🏷️ Caste Society 🧠 Conditioned Society 💊 Pleasure As Control 😏 Satirical Dystopia

Native Son

av Richard Wright • 1940

A Black chauffeur in segregated Chicago accidentally kills a white heiress and tries to hide it.

4.04

100 000+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Segregation Era 🔥 Accidental Killing 🏃 Fugitive On The Run ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

Native Son

A Black chauffeur in segregated Chicago accidentally kills a white heiress and tries to hide it.

av Richard Wright 1940 504 sidor

4.04

100 000+ betyg

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Segregation Era 🔥 Accidental Killing 🏃 Fugitive On The Run ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

Truth and Method

av Hans-Georg Gadamer • 1960

Understanding is an event language and tradition perform through you, not a method you apply.

4.17

3 000+

📖 Hermeneutics 🧠 Phenomenology 🎨 Aesthetics 💬 Philosophy Of Language ⏳ Historical Consciousness

Truth and Method

Understanding is an event language and tradition perform through you, not a method you apply.

av Hans-Georg Gadamer 1960 640 sidor

4.17

3 000+ betyg

📖 Hermeneutics 🧠 Phenomenology 🎨 Aesthetics 💬 Philosophy Of Language ⏳ Historical Consciousness

Världarnas krig

av H.G. Wells • 1898

Martians land in southern England, and one man records the extinction of everything he knew.

3.83

300 000+

🛸 Alien Invasion ⚙️ Victorian Sci-Fi 📚 Invasion Literature 👽 First Contact 🌿 Nature Vs Technology

Världarnas krig

Martians land in southern England, and one man records the extinction of everything he knew.

av H.G. Wells 1898 192 sidor

3.83

300 000+ betyg

🛸 Alien Invasion ⚙️ Victorian Sci-Fi 📚 Invasion Literature 👽 First Contact 🌿 Nature Vs Technology

Mästaren och Margarita

av Michail Bulgakov • 1996

The devil visits Soviet Moscow and a woman wagers her soul to win back the writer she loves.

4.28

400 000+

🎭 Soviet Satire 😈 Devil Comes To Town 📜 Biblical Retelling 🤝 Deal With The Devil 🧹 Witch Transformation

Mästaren och Margarita

The devil visits Soviet Moscow and a woman wagers her soul to win back the writer she loves.

av Michail Bulgakov 1996 372 sidor

4.28

400 000+ betyg

🎭 Soviet Satire 😈 Devil Comes To Town 📜 Biblical Retelling 🤝 Deal With The Devil 🧹 Witch Transformation

Den gudomliga komedin

av Dante Alighieri • 1320

A pilgrim walks the afterlife with Virgil, seeing sin's poetic mirror on the climb to Paradise.

4.09

100 000+

📜 Epic Poem 🗺️ Allegorical Journey 💀 Afterlife Journey 🔥 Circles Of Hell ✨ Divine Vision

Den gudomliga komedin

A pilgrim walks the afterlife with Virgil, seeing sin's poetic mirror on the climb to Paradise.

av Dante Alighieri 1320 798 sidor

4.09

100 000+ betyg

📜 Epic Poem 🗺️ Allegorical Journey 💀 Afterlife Journey 🔥 Circles Of Hell ✨ Divine Vision

Man's Search for Himself

av Rollo May • 1953

Modern life traded the self for security; the only way back is through anxiety, not around it.

4.21

4 000+

🧠 Existential Psychology 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 🎭 Authentic Self 😰 Modern Anxiety 🕊️ Personal Freedom

Man's Search for Himself

Modern life traded the self for security; the only way back is through anxiety, not around it.

av Rollo May 1953 224 sidor

4.21

4 000+ betyg

🧠 Existential Psychology 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 🎭 Authentic Self 😰 Modern Anxiety 🕊️ Personal Freedom

Twilight of the Idols

av Friedrich Nietzsche • 1889

Reason, morality, and eternal truths are just symptoms of sickness. A concise, incendiary diagnosis.

3.95

14 000+

🧠 Continental Philosophy ⚖️ Critique Of Morality ⚔️ Anti-Christian Polemic 🌱 Life Affirmation 💬 Aphoristic Philosophy

Twilight of the Idols

Reason, morality, and eternal truths are just symptoms of sickness. A concise, incendiary diagnosis.

av Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 sidor

3.95

14 000+ betyg

🧠 Continental Philosophy ⚖️ Critique Of Morality ⚔️ Anti-Christian Polemic 🌱 Life Affirmation 💬 Aphoristic Philosophy

Zorba the Greek

av Nikos Kazantzakis • 1946

A Greek intellectual hires a wild miner in Crete and learns what books could never teach.

4.02

59 000+

🏛️ Philosophical Fiction 🏝️ Greek Island Setting 🕺 Free Spirit Mentor ⚖️ Reason Versus Passion 😂 Earthy Humor

Zorba the Greek

A Greek intellectual hires a wild miner in Crete and learns what books could never teach.

av Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 sidor

4.02

59 000+ betyg

🏛️ Philosophical Fiction 🏝️ Greek Island Setting 🕺 Free Spirit Mentor ⚖️ Reason Versus Passion 😂 Earthy Humor

The Mystery of the Blue Train

av Agatha Christie • 1928

An heiress is murdered aboard the Blue Train, her ruby missing, and Poirot questions everyone.

3.88

84 000+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 💎 Jewel Heist 🎭 False Identity ⚖️ Wrong Man Accused 🥂 High Society Crime

The Mystery of the Blue Train

An heiress is murdered aboard the Blue Train, her ruby missing, and Poirot questions everyone.

av Agatha Christie 1928 317 sidor

3.88

84 000+ betyg

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 💎 Jewel Heist 🎭 False Identity ⚖️ Wrong Man Accused 🥂 High Society Crime

The Portable Nietzsche

av Friedrich Nietzsche • 1954

Morality was a slave revolt, pity is poison, and God's death is an open door.

4.21

9 000+

📚 German Philosophy 🌀 Existentialism ✝️ Critique Of Religion 🚫 Anti-Nihilism 🧭 Moral Psychology

The Portable Nietzsche

Morality was a slave revolt, pity is poison, and God's death is an open door.

av Friedrich Nietzsche 1954 692 sidor

4.21

9 000+ betyg

📚 German Philosophy 🌀 Existentialism ✝️ Critique Of Religion 🚫 Anti-Nihilism 🧭 Moral Psychology

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

av Immanuel Kant • 1998

Morality comes not from outcomes or emotions but from a test any rational being can apply.

3.83

23 000+

🏛️ Moral Philosophy 💡 Enlightenment Thought ⚖️ Deontological Ethics 🧠 Practical Reason 🤝 Respect For Persons

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Morality comes not from outcomes or emotions but from a test any rational being can apply.

av Immanuel Kant 1998 120 sidor

3.83

23 000+ betyg

🏛️ Moral Philosophy 💡 Enlightenment Thought ⚖️ Deontological Ethics 🧠 Practical Reason 🤝 Respect For Persons

Women

av Charles Bukowski • 1978

An alcoholic poet, celibate four years, collides with a woman whose chaos equals his own.

3.80

87 000+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🍺 Alcoholic Protagonist 💔 Volatile Romance ✍️ Writer Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

Women

An alcoholic poet, celibate four years, collides with a woman whose chaos equals his own.

av Charles Bukowski 1978 291 sidor

3.80

87 000+ betyg

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🍺 Alcoholic Protagonist 💔 Volatile Romance ✍️ Writer Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

Moment 22

av Joseph Heller • 1961

A bombardier in wartime Italy discovers the finish line moves every time he gets close.

3.99

800 000+

🎭 Absurdist War Fiction 🪖 Military Satire 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare ✊ Anti-War Protest 😈 Dark Comedy

Moment 22

A bombardier in wartime Italy discovers the finish line moves every time he gets close.

av Joseph Heller 1961 453 sidor

3.99

800 000+ betyg

🎭 Absurdist War Fiction 🪖 Military Satire 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare ✊ Anti-War Protest 😈 Dark Comedy

Kärlek i chilisåsens tid

av Laura Esquivel • 1989

Forbidden to marry, a young cook's passion seeps into her food, enchanting everyone who tastes it.

3.95

300 000+

🔥 Magical Cooking 💔 Forbidden Love 🇲🇽 Mexican Revolution 👑 Matriarchal Control 👻 Ghosts And Hauntings

Kärlek i chilisåsens tid

Forbidden to marry, a young cook's passion seeps into her food, enchanting everyone who tastes it.

av Laura Esquivel 1989 258 sidor

3.95

300 000+ betyg

🔥 Magical Cooking 💔 Forbidden Love 🇲🇽 Mexican Revolution 👑 Matriarchal Control 👻 Ghosts And Hauntings

Man for Himself

av Erich Fromm • 1947

Right and wrong aren't handed down; they're built into the structure of being human.

4.19

3 000+

🧠 Moral Psychology 🕊️ Humanistic Psychology 🌱 Self-Realization 🎨 Creative Fulfillment 💗 Self Love

Man for Himself

Right and wrong aren't handed down; they're built into the structure of being human.

av Erich Fromm 1947 272 sidor

4.19

3 000+ betyg

🧠 Moral Psychology 🕊️ Humanistic Psychology 🌱 Self-Realization 🎨 Creative Fulfillment 💗 Self Love

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

av Oliver Sacks • 1985

When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.

4.05

200 000+

🩺 Narrative Medicine 🧠 Popular Neuroscience 🤝 Clinical Empathy 🧩 Brain And Identity 📋 Case Histories

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.

av Oliver Sacks 1985 243 sidor

4.05

200 000+ betyg

🩺 Narrative Medicine 🧠 Popular Neuroscience 🤝 Clinical Empathy 🧩 Brain And Identity 📋 Case Histories

Emily Post's Etiquette

av Lizzie Post • 1922

From group chat chaos to white-tablecloth dinners: the classic manners guide for modern life.

4.15

2 000+

🍽️ Modern Etiquette 💬 Social Skills 🍷 Dining Etiquette 💼 Workplace Conduct 📱 Digital Etiquette

Emily Post's Etiquette

From group chat chaos to white-tablecloth dinners: the classic manners guide for modern life.

av Lizzie Post 1922

4.15

2 000+ betyg

🍽️ Modern Etiquette 💬 Social Skills 🍷 Dining Etiquette 💼 Workplace Conduct 📱 Digital Etiquette

The Outsiders

av S.E. Hinton • 1967

A sensitive greaser hides out after his friend kills a Soc, learning what innocence costs.

4.15

1 000 000+

🏭 Working Class Fiction 🔪 Gang Rivalry 🫂 Found Family 🍂 Loss Of Innocence ⚖️ Class Divide

The Outsiders

A sensitive greaser hides out after his friend kills a Soc, learning what innocence costs.

av S.E. Hinton 1967 208 sidor

4.15

1 000 000+ betyg

🏭 Working Class Fiction 🔪 Gang Rivalry 🫂 Found Family 🍂 Loss Of Innocence ⚖️ Class Divide

Candide

av Voltaire • 1759

Banished for a kiss, a naive optimist endures war, quake, and slavery, hunting his lost love.

3.76

300 000+

🎭 Philosophical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque Journey 🌇 Utopian Discovery 🖤 Dark Humor 💡 Enlightenment Era

Candide

Banished for a kiss, a naive optimist endures war, quake, and slavery, hunting his lost love.

av Voltaire 1759 129 sidor

3.76

300 000+ betyg

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Worry is a habit, not a fate. So is being liked. Both can be learned.

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

av Adam Smith • 1776

Ten workers making 48,000 pins, one worker barely one: what the difference reveals about prosperity.

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Ten workers making 48,000 pins, one worker barely one: what the difference reveals about prosperity.

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av John W. Campbell Jr. • 1938

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av Alexander Pushkin • 1831

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4.11

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📜 Novel In Verse 🕰️ Superfluous Man 💔 Unrequited Love ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💌 Love Letters

Eugene Onegin

A jaded aristocrat spurns a woman’s love, then a careless flirtation drives his friend to a duel.

av Alexander Pushkin 1831 240 sidor

4.11

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